diff --git a/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/http/curl/CurlHttpClient.cpp b/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/http/curl/CurlHttpClient.cpp
index a573cb0155d..946cbfc005b 100644
--- a/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/http/curl/CurlHttpClient.cpp
+++ b/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/http/curl/CurlHttpClient.cpp
@@ -129,10 +129,12 @@ static char* strdup_callback(const char* str)
 struct CurlWriteCallbackContext
 {
     CurlWriteCallbackContext(const CurlHttpClient* client,
+                             CURL* curlHandle,
                              HttpRequest* request,
                              HttpResponse* response,
                              Aws::Utils::RateLimits::RateLimiterInterface* rateLimiter) :
         m_client(client),
+        m_curlHandle(curlHandle),
         m_request(request),
         m_response(response),
         m_rateLimiter(rateLimiter),
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ struct CurlWriteCallbackContext
     {}
 
     const CurlHttpClient* m_client;
+    CURL* m_curlHandle{nullptr};
     HttpRequest* m_request;
     HttpResponse* m_response;
     Aws::Utils::RateLimits::RateLimiterInterface* m_rateLimiter;
@@ -187,7 +190,6 @@ static size_t WriteData(char* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata)
 {
     if (ptr)
     {
-        std::cout<<"WriteData called"<<std::endl;
 
         CurlWriteCallbackContext* context = reinterpret_cast<CurlWriteCallbackContext*>(userdata);
 
@@ -264,7 +266,6 @@ static size_t WriteHeader(char* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata)
 {
     if (ptr)
     {
-        std::cout<<"WriteHeader called"<<std::endl;
         CurlWriteCallbackContext* context = reinterpret_cast<CurlWriteCallbackContext*>(userdata);
         AWS_LOGSTREAM_TRACE(CURL_HTTP_CLIENT_TAG, ptr);
         HttpResponse* response = context->m_response;
@@ -275,6 +276,14 @@ static size_t WriteHeader(char* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata)
         {
             response->AddHeader(StringUtils::Trim(keyValuePair[0].c_str()), StringUtils::Trim(keyValuePair[1].c_str()));
         }
+        //checking for end of all the headers before setting response code
+        else if (headerLine == "\r\n")
+        {
+            long responseCode{-1};
+            curl_easy_getinfo(context->m_curlHandle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &responseCode);
+            response->SetResponseCode(static_cast<HttpResponseCode>(responseCode));
+            AWS_LOGSTREAM_DEBUG(CURL_HTTP_CLIENT_TAG, "Returned http response code " << responseCode);
+        }
 
         return size * nmemb;
     }
@@ -686,7 +695,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<HttpResponse> CurlHttpClient::MakeRequest(const std::shared_ptr<
             curl_easy_setopt(connectionHandle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
         }
 
-        CurlWriteCallbackContext writeContext(this, request.get(), response.get(), readLimiter);
+        CurlWriteCallbackContext writeContext(this, connectionHandle ,request.get(), response.get(), readLimiter);
 
         const auto readContext = [this, &connectionHandle, &request, &writeLimiter]() -> CurlReadCallbackContext {
           if (request->GetContentBody() != nullptr) {
@@ -832,9 +841,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<HttpResponse> CurlHttpClient::MakeRequest(const std::shared_ptr<
 
         OverrideOptionsOnConnectionHandle(connectionHandle);
         Aws::Utils::DateTime startTransmissionTime = Aws::Utils::DateTime::Now();
-        std::cout<<"curl_easy_perform starting"<<std::endl;
         CURLcode curlResponseCode = curl_easy_perform(connectionHandle);
-        std::cout<<"curl_easy_perform finished"<<std::endl;
         bool shouldContinueRequest = ContinueRequest(*request);
         if (curlResponseCode != CURLE_OK && shouldContinueRequest)
         {
diff --git a/tests/aws-cpp-sdk-s3-integration-tests/BucketAndObjectOperationTest.cpp b/tests/aws-cpp-sdk-s3-integration-tests/BucketAndObjectOperationTest.cpp
index e9bb6c962ef..c0feed8d217 100644
--- a/tests/aws-cpp-sdk-s3-integration-tests/BucketAndObjectOperationTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/aws-cpp-sdk-s3-integration-tests/BucketAndObjectOperationTest.cpp
@@ -2581,14 +2581,13 @@ namespace
       EXPECT_EQ(headOutcome.GetResult().GetContentEncoding(), "gzip");
     }
 
-    TEST_F(BucketAndObjectOperationTest, TestResponse) {
+    TEST_F(BucketAndObjectOperationTest, TestHeaderResponse) {
 
     ClientConfiguration configuration;
     configuration.region = "us-east-1";
     configuration.enableHttpClientTrace = true;
     std::shared_ptr<Aws::S3::S3Client> client =  Aws::MakeShared<Aws::S3::S3Client>("test",configuration);
 
-
     const String fullBucketName = CalculateBucketName(BASE_CONTENT_ENCODING_BUCKET_NAME.c_str());
     CreateBucketRequest createBucketRequest;
     createBucketRequest.SetBucket(fullBucketName);
@@ -2596,11 +2595,9 @@ namespace
     CreateBucketOutcome createBucketOutcome = CreateBucket(createBucketRequest,client);
     AWS_EXPECT_SUCCESS(createBucketOutcome);
 
-
     Aws::S3::Model::GetObjectRequest request;
     request.SetBucket(fullBucketName);
     request.SetKey("one_object_that_does_not_exist_in_the_bucket"); // <== we should get 404 when calling GetResponseCode
-
     request.SetHeadersReceivedEventHandler (
       [] (
         const Aws::Http::HttpRequest * ,
@@ -2608,22 +2605,14 @@ namespace
       ) {
         ::std::cout <<  "response headers received: "
             << response->GetResponseCode ( )
-           << ::std::endl; // <== current implementation is always "response headers received: -1"
+           << ::std::endl; 
+        EXPECT_EQ(response->GetResponseCode(), Aws::Http::HttpResponseCode::NOT_FOUND );
       }
     );
 
     Aws::S3::Model::GetObjectOutcome outcome =
             client->GetObject(request);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(outcome.IsSuccess());
 
-    if (!outcome.IsSuccess()) {
-        const Aws::S3::S3Error &err = outcome.GetError();
-        std::cerr << "Error: getObject: " <<
-                  err.GetExceptionName() << ": " << err.GetMessage() << std::endl;
-    } else {
-        std::cout << "Successfully retrieved from '"
-                  << fullBucketName << "'." << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    AWS_EXPECT_SUCCESS(outcome);
   }
 }